1. European Detector R&D: AIDA
4th Neutrino Factory International Design Study Meeting, Mumbai
Joint with EUROnu Meeting
12 October 2009
Paul Soler

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Definition of AIDA
DevDet: this was a failed FP7 Integrating Activity proposal for “Detector Development Infrastructures for Particle Physics Experiments”
It included detector R&D for Super-LHC, Linear Collider, future accelerator-driven neutrino facilities and B-factories
The aim was to develop test beam facilities for neutrino detector R&D.
This proposal was not funded in first round
AIDA: Advanced Infrastructure for Detectors at Accelerators
New EU approach of targetted calls is recommending that DevDet be resubmitted to the EU in their Integrating Activity call of August 2009 (submission date 3 December 2009) – renamed as AIDA
I am part of the small group of people putting together the proposal and coordinating the “Neutrino” activities
We need to make sure that the neutrino community is well represented in this new call to be able to fund neutrino detector R&D in Europe.
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AIDA aims
AIMS AIDA: to fund common R&D projects for Super-LHC, Linear Collider, neutrino facilities and B-factories
From the point of view of neutrino R&D, the proposal aims to fund a particle test beam at CERN (H8) and its associated instrumentation (ie MICE-EMR detector which has a configuration like Minerva in the Molpurgo magnet and a prototype MIND that can be used as spectrometer).
The management team at the moment consists of: Laurent Serin (coordinator), Lucie Linssen, Steiner Stapnes, Mar Capeans Garrido, Tiels Behnke, Francesco Forti, Hans Taureg, Claire Shepherd-Themistocleous, Svetlomir Stavrev
There are also National Representatives to coordinate individual country contributions (Ken Long is UK rep)
Expect ~50 institutes represented from about countries
EU budget 10 MEuro max but project likely to be ~35 MEuro
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AIDA structure
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Neutrino activity within AIDA
I propose the neutrino activity be included within WP8, inside task: 8.1. Test Beams at CERN and Frascati
Inside this task we would upgrade the H8 beamline:
Install a TASD prototype inside the Molpurgo magnet
Do the MIND prototype 2x2x4 m3 (=10-3 of MIND)
This will allow to test both electron and muon charge ID in the same test
Apart from the equipment, detectors and electronics we would also need to provide a DAQ.
Alain Blondel will speak in more detail about these plans on the Tuesday Detector R&D session.
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Neutrino activity within AIDA
Other possible neutrino interests:
WP2: Software
WP3: Electronics
WP8: Improvement and equipment of beam & irradiation lines
Could also contribute to “8.4 General beam lines and irradiation equipment task” installing particle ID in beamline or testing some of the NuFact beam line monitoring equipment, like the polarimeter, beam Cherenkov or beam current transformer.
WP9 : this is where most of the detector R&D is carried out. Testing of gaseous detectors (ie RPCs), or pixel detectors or granular calorimeters (ie CALICE) are studied here.
Would need to investigate if it is of interest.
Once beamlines are built, can bid for Transnational access (travel money to go to CERN to use beams)
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AIDA timescales
Timeline:
26 October: define contents of WP, first draft of WP text and partners list with preliminary budget breakdown
9 November: Final list of partners, iteration on budget sharing and meeting with National Contacts
23 November: all text finalised by then
Submission 3 December
Timescale is tight and need to move now to make sure we are in it. I have already sent with preliminary list of testbeam plans but would like these to be finalised by the end of Mumbai meeting and make more concrete proposal
Testbeam activities at CERN will also benefit non-Europeans: synergy between Minerva and also with INO
4th Neutrino Factory International Design Study Meeting
Mumbai, 12 October 2009